Improvement in breast-collars for harness



R. PATTIN, H. L. SIBLEY 8L T. M. BEAGLE.

Breast-Collar for Harness.

No. 219,510. Patented Sept. 9,1879.

WITNESSES: I iNVENTURSI ATTORNEYS.

N-PETERS, PHDTO-UTHOGRAPMEE WAS WG'TON, D. C.

- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD PATTIN, OF HARMAR, HIRAM L. SIBLEY, OF MARIETTA, AND

THOMAS M. BEAGLE, OF HARMAR, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN BREAST-COLLARS FOR HARNESS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 219,510, datedSeptember 9, 1879; application filed June 9, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, RICHARD PATTIN, of Harmar, HIRAM L. SIBLEY, ofMarietta, and THOMAS M. BEAGLE, of Harmar, Washington county, State-0tOhio, have invented a new and Improved Breast-Collar; and we do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same.

Breast-collars of harness have been provided with attachments in theform of a rigid arch for preventing pressure on the base of the neck ofthe animal, and consequent obstruction of breathing.

Our improved device is constructed of arod or stout wire bent into therequired shape, thus forming a skeletonarch, to which abridgeplate isattached at the center, and is applied to a breast-collar bya rivet, sothat its ends are free and cushioned on the latter, as hereinafterdescribed.

In accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure lis an edge view of a breast-collarhaving our improved arch attached.Fig. 2 is a plan view of the arch detached.

The breastcollar Ais constructed of leather, in the usual way. The archB is formed of an iron or steel rod or thick wire looped or bent to formthe transverse end portions, a, and parallel sides b b, which latter area less distance apart than the width of the collar A. The general formof the arch is a slightly obtuse angle, its ends being bent outward alit tile, and its apex gently rounded instead of being pointed. Thesides b b are connected at the apex by a metal plate, 0, which isrigidly attached in any suitable manner.

The means for securing the arch B to the collar consist of a screw orrivet, d, which passes through the center of both the arch-plate c andcollar A, and also through a narrow metal plate, 6, which is applied tothe inner side of the collar, and performs the function of a nut for thescrew or washer for the rivet, as the case may be. The arch is thusattached at one point only, and its ends are left free and cushioned onthe outer side of the collar. The col lar does not require to be cut ordivided, 'nor otherwise mutilated or injured, so as to materiallydetract from its strength or from its appearance should the arch requireto be detached.

We are aware a vehicle pole-strap has been provided with a wearing plateof angular shape having loops formed on its ends to attach it to andhold it in place on the strap.

We are also aware that a metal arch consisting of a curved plate hasbeen attached to the outer side of a breast-collar by means of rivetspassed through its ends; but'this we do not claim, broadly, as ourinvention.

What we claim is A breast-collar provided with a skeletonarch formed ofwire and bent into the shape shown, provided with a central transversebar or bridge, and attached to the outer side of the collar by a rivetor screw passed through the centers of both, the ends of the arch beingleft free, as shown and described.

1. RICHARD PATTIN.

HIRAM L. SIBLEY. THOMAS M. BEAGLE.

In presence of-- WM. WARREN, B. J. MCKINNEY.

